The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-02
FASHION AL FRISCO.
MIDSUMMER BY THE SEA AND
DRESSING TO TEMPERATURE.


-Dethronement of the Strictly
Conventional in the Best Circles -
Rough Bellies in Battered Hats and
Norfolk Jackets-A Charming Lunch
con Party and a. Rustic Wedding -
Inartistic Dressing - Embroidered
Chair Scarfs and Despairing Black
Dresses - Amateur Dressnaking in
England - Successful Exhibition of
Practical and Artistic Costumes
American Notifications of the Euro
pean Bathing Dress.
On THE COAST OF MAINE, July 1.-The
modern watering place has become stereo-
typed. 1t is nothing if not conventional.
The rich dress there, as they do everywhere,
in steeled and paniered silks, or silk covered
with muslin or lace; while those who are
not rich strive, for the few days which is
all they can afford to give to these gay re-
sorts, to look exactly as if they were like the
rest in their devotion to fashion and the
possession of resources for its Indulgence.
The isolated yet popular seaside resort
from which | am writing is different from
the ordinary watering place--the Newports
and Saratogas and Long Branches. 1t has
grown out of fishing villages and small
towns scattered along the coast and it takes
in an infinite variety of breezy outdoor and
indoor summer life Picturesque little cot
tages are perched upon the hills and in the
hollows-cottages which have burst into
butterfly form and color out of the chrys-
alis of fishermen's huts, or modest little
one-storied farm houses. All the wide beach
for miles and miles is alive with these
modern evidences of the citizens desire for
fresh air and blue sky, and between the
stretches are old towns, charming, sleepy,
grass-grown, where the old church and the
cemetery are the principal objects of in
terest, from which the young life has de-
parted, but to which it returns when it has
satisfied its craving for contact with the
great world.
One of the great beauties of this coast is
the mingling of the green with the blue
The hills starred with daisies, bright with
purple tleur-de-lis, are covered with long,
meadow sweet grass and clover, in which
you can lie and watch the blue waves, the
great ocean steamers coming and going, the
pilot boats with their numbers painted large
on their white sails for the convenience of
incoming and outgoing vessels, and the
lights as they reveal themselves one by one,
from the red bug" light to minots, the last
seen by the voyager on this side of the At
lantic.
THE BEST OF A SEA VOYAGE
is obtained here on land. The sea air, the
sea breeze, the marine life, the freedom
from care, the beautiful golden and flame
sunsets, reflected and brought to your. feet
by the waves, and the eternal activity in the
midst of space and eternal isolation. All the
health-giving experiences of the ocean voy-
ager are here for those who want them with
no drawback of bad smells, water-qual1y
motion. closed port holes and crowded sleep
ing space. Life here is elemental To
breathe, eat, sleep, are all the occupations
one desires; and after sedulously attending
to these for a given length of time one feels
like running and jumping as healthy, happy
children instead of languidly dragging out
existence in the summer style of overworked
business or overdressed fashion.
BEACH STYLES.
The temperature naturally has much to
do with the clothing worn by the summer
jewellers at the sea side. Wraps are in
great and universal demand, for you never
know when breeze may spring up from the
Northeast. Middle aged women, mothers of
families evidently consider it a good place
to wear out their old clothes and the oppor-
tunity too good to be lost, to finish the ''old
black cashmere They undoubtedly have
one nice dress to wear, if you are fortunate
enough to see them init; but this is unlikely,
as it is reserved for occasions" while the
worn cashmere and jacket, which is to be
cut up for rags when it gets back to town,
is conscientiously utilized before permanent
resignation takes place.
Color, in the way of costume, is furnished
by the young girls, by the young married
women, who have remains of trousSenHs;
and temporary city visitors, who come down
for 1oIv n1sa AZ nd fAolf hot how
must signalize the event by a dress with a
festive or nautical touch. These costumes
are usually of twilled flannel; cream, gray,
navy blue or brown, and they are generally
Frightened with red, and often accompanied
with red hat or hat trimmed with red.
Wood brown and cmrant color, or copper
brown and terra-cOtta are new combinations,
and look we'll One of the prettiest dresses
was strapped across the 'front.' the straps
tongue-shaped and buttoned first upon one
side and then upon the other. The skirt was
all brown, the hat all red.
Another pretty dress was of navy blue,
with revers embroidered in the corners with
yacht club pennant in miniature. The
linen collar and cuffs were of blue and
white striped linen, sand the sailor hat had
a band to match. A striking little figure APP
peared lately in the midst of a party of
older people, attired in particularly pretty
and girlish dress of light blue chale, spotted
WlUn tlIy Wf1Ce ana req uOuS. Inc SklrU was
tucked and hung straight, the bodice was
laid in folds, outlining a full soft vest of
red Grape. A band of red ribbon, with
white picot edge, trimmed the white straw
sailor hat The dressing of girls of Is is a
somewhat difficult matter, and this was
perfect dress for girl of that age.
But it must be said, that a strictly fash
ionable or conventional ''get up" is not now
the correct thing, among the girls who be-
long to the best set Perhaps they have
caught the air from the young men, who,
when they como down here, wear checked
flannel shirts, checked cloth caps, checked
trousers and jacket. At any rate, the
girls whoare the most pronounced bellies in
society feet the toughest ways on
the coast A battered hat, a leather-belted
jersey or Norfolk jacket, a Scotch plaid
skirt, with shirt apron front and leather
gloves the worse for fear or perhaps cut off
at the fingers You do not see cotton dresses
of this neglige style, because the cotton
gowns worn by society girls are OF the most
delicate and dainty Materials embroidered
linen lawns, batiste, Saline, made up with
silk and the like. They are for lawn parties,
luncheons, afternoon visiting and little teas
PRETTY LUNCHEON PARTY
given few days ago may be worth noting
A magnificent Daphne occupied the centre
of bay window, which was yelled with